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abase
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(v.)
to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.) |
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abate
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(v.)
to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.) |
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abdicate
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(v.)
to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.) |
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aberration
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n.)
something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.) |
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abet
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(v.)
to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.) |
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abjure
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(v.)
to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.) |
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abnegation
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(n.)
denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.) |
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abrogate
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(v.)
to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.) |
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abscond
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(v.)
to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with the secret plans.) |
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abstruse
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(adj.)
hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.) |
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abase
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(v.)
to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.) |
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abate
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(v.)
to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.) |
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abdicate
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(v.)
to give up a position, usually one of leadership (When he realized that the revolutionaries would surely win, the king abdicated his throne.) |
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aberration
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n.)
something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.) |
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abet
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(v.)
to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.) |
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abjure
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(v.)
to reject, renounce (To prove his honesty, the President abjured the evil policies of his wicked predecessor.) |
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abnegation
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(n.)
denial of comfort to oneself (The holy man slept on the floor, took only cold showers, and generally followed other practices of abnegation.) |
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abrogate
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(v.)
to abolish, usually by authority (The Bill of Rights assures that the government cannot abrogate our right to a free press.) |
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abscond
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(v.)
to sneak away and hide (In the confusion, the super-spy absconded into the night with the secret plans.) |
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abstruse
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(adj.)
hard to comprehend (Everyone else in the class understood geometry easily, but John found the subject abstruse.) |
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accord
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(n.)
an agreement (After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.) |
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accost
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(v.)
to confront verbally (Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted the man.) |
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accretion
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(n.)
slow growth in size or amount (Stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.) |
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acerbic
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(adj.)
biting, bitter in tone or taste (Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.) |
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acquiesce
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(v.)
to agree without protesting (Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.) |
